Los Angeles County / Public Works Department / Principal Network Systems Administrator
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
1 employees hold this title in Public Works Department. Median total compensation for the role is $235,756, above the department median of $147,401.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Network and Computer Systems Administrators — about 8,770 people — is $106,290. Public Works Department pays a median base salary of $142,885 for this role, 34% above that figure — about the 81st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Network and Computer Systems Administrators across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Works Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Network and Computer Systems Administrators — about 314,340 people — is $99,130. Public Works Department’s median base salary is 44% above that national figure, about the 84th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Works Department is $235,756, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Principal Network Systems Administrator is held in 13 Los Angeles County departments. In Public Works Department, the median of $235,756 ranks #10 of 13.
Median total compensation for the Principal Network Systems Administrator role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Principal Network Systems Administrator/Public Works Department
Cesar Cortez works as a Principal Network Systems Administrator for Public Works Department. Cesar earned $235,756 in 2025.